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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 29, 2010
Let's recap: Late Wednesday night (or early Thursday morning), we reported on a story published at Mobile Beat that came out of the Black Hat online security conference. At the conference, Kevi...
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by Jared DiPane
Jul 29, 2010
Applications -- they make the world go 'round. OK, maybe not exactly, but there sure are a ton of great ones in the Android Market, and finding the right one can be a bit difficult. Take a look after...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 29, 2010
Back at Google IO in May, our benevolent overlords detailed their intentions to make mobile advertising more immersive, akin to Apple's iAds. Today, we're starting to see some of the fruits of th...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 26, 2010
Twitter for Android -- the "official" Android Twitter client -- just got another update (we're at version 1.0.2 for those playing at home), and changes include the following: Is f...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 26, 2010
Google Maps just served notice to every other location-based business app out there with the introduction of "Places." A tie-in with Google Maps, it makes it super easy to find any kind of, ...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jul 25, 2010
Being a former N64 fanboy, this may not excite me as much as some PS1 die-hards out there, but the PlayStation has just been added to Android's already-impressive list of game console emulators. The ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 24, 2010
No, you're not seeing things. Sprint phones will now see a "Sprint" tab in the Android Market instead of the (preferred by many) "Downloads" tab. It's the same on Verizon, AT...
Review
by Jared DiPane
Jul 22, 2010
Apps, apps, apps! We get it, you guys love yourselves some applications. And because we love you, we are here with our weekly helpful hints at some great applications! With more than 70,000 applicati...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jul 22, 2010
Barnes & Noble has released the Android version of its Nook e-book reader (an Android-based device, natch) onto the Market. The app is similar to functionality to Amazon's Kindle, and comes...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 20, 2010
When it comes to installing Android applications, there are two ways of going about it. The most popular, of course, is directly through the Android Market. And that's how most of us do it. But from t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 16, 2010
Just like the title says, you can now purchase apps from the Android Market if you're in South Korea. (There's a larger issue of being able to purchase paid apps in every international market, but tha...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 15, 2010
The Android Market now has more than 70,000 applications, Google Senior VP of Product Management Jonathan Rosenberg said during Thursday's second-quarter earnings call. That's up from the 68,000 count...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 15, 2010
We took the Log Me In Ignition VNC app for a spin a couple of months ago, and now it's available in the Android Market. For those of you not familiar with VNC, it's a standard way of contro...
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by Adam Sawyer
Jul 14, 2010
Looking for an easy way to make a couple extra bucks? WeReward is kind of like Foursquare – in a sense that you check in to different businesses around your area and will share it on social ne...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 13, 2010
Seems like only yesterday that we were discussing in-app ads, and whether we're willing to put up with them, or fork over a few dollars for a long-free app. Oh, wait. It was yesterday. Fine. Fast-for...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 13, 2010
Knew it was only a matter of time before we saw a Bing app for Android, right? It's pretty good for Windows Mobile, pretty darn good on the iPhone, and we're expecting it to be really good on Windows ...
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by Dieter Bohn
Jul 13, 2010
We stepped out of a killer panel Monday from MobileBeat 2010 titled "How to turn Android into a money machine," and the answer from the panel to that very question seems to be "al...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 12, 2010
When last we saw Fring, the VOIP app was touting its popularity after an update to its iPhone client and how it had to "temporarily reduce support to Skype" because of it. Looks like there ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 12, 2010
Ever wanted to create an Android app but just don't have the coding skills? Google's just greatly lowered the barrier for entry with the Android App Inventor. It's akin to Palm's Ares system (and we ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 09, 2010
Online auction giant eBay this morning announced that its Android application is now available internationally, including Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. With the app, you'll have access to:...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 09, 2010
When it comes to Android apps, we love zombies. And loud music. And the two are combined in the Smudgeware game called Saint ($1.99). It's kind of a reboot of the old Smash TV game. You've got du...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 08, 2010
The Fring app for the iPhone got an update today (see our previous Android-related hands-on) that lets it play nice with Android (and Symbian, too). That means us Android users can have video chats wi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 06, 2010
You Mac users out there (yes, we know there are a few of you) likely are familiar with 1Password, the uber-password management software. (For the uninitiated, 1Password securely stores your passwords...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 06, 2010
If you're the wheelin' and dealin' type, know that Pricegrabber [Market link | App Brain] now has an official Android application. With it you can: Scan barcodes: Scan any product wi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 06, 2010
Henceforth, one of your favorite Android Twitter clients, Twidroid, shall forever be known as Twidroyd. That's part of its purchase by TweetUp Inc., which lays claim to "the world's first bidde...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 01, 2010
New York Times columnist extraordinaire David Pogue's given the Droid X for a spin, and in turn he's spun-off a bit about the phone's keyboards. It has a multitouch keyboard by default -- I...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 24, 2010
Sidled up to Logitech at the Digital Experience event in New York City, and lookie what we found -- the Logitech Revue Google TV set-top box. OK, so it's not plugged into a TV or anything, b...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 23, 2010
Another little bomb dropped at the Droid X event came from Google's Andy Rubin. There are now 160,000 Android devices being activated every day -- up from the 100,000 number he gave us at Google IO i...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 22, 2010
Adobe today announced that it has released Flash 10.1 to its mobile platform partners. This includes Android, BlackBerry, webOS, future versions of Windows Phone, LiMo, MeeGo and Symbian OS. Of cour...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 21, 2010
Yeah, this Motorola Droid X video's a tad creepy (and doesn't actually show the phone), but it's also getting to be a little tough to contain our excitement. Peep it after the break. (Thanks to ...
